Bill Virdon

Position: Centerfielder

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-0, 175lb (183cm, 79kg)

Born: June 9, 1931 in Hazel Park, MI us

Died: November 23, 2021 in Springfield, MO

Buried: Kingsway United Methodist Church Cemetery Columbarium, Springfield, MO

High School: West Plains HS (West Plains, MO)

School: Drury University (Springfield, MO)

Debut: April 12, 1955 (Age 23-307d, 11,197th in major league history)
vs. CHC 4 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: July 31, 1968 (Age 37-052d)
vs. CIN 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1955 season

Full Name: William Charles Virdon

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Rookie of the Year
1960 World Series
Gold Glove

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

19.6

5980

1596

.267

735

RBI

502

OBP

.316

SLG

.379

OPS

.696

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1957 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 16	PIT		NYG	W,9-2	CG	40	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
2	2	Apr 18	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	CF
3	3	Apr 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,0-2	CG	28	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
4	4	Apr 21 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-3	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
5	5	Apr 21 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
6	6	Apr 22	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
7	7	Apr 23	PIT	@	NYG	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
8	8	Apr 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,5-8	GS	33	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
9	9	Apr 26	PIT		BRO	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
10	10	Apr 27	PIT		BRO	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
11	11	Apr 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-0	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
12	12	Apr 30	PIT		STL	L,5-6	CG	50	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	13	May 1	PIT		STL	L,2-9	CG	43	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	CF
14	14	May 2	PIT		MLN	L,5-8	CG	50	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
15	15	May 3	PIT		MLN	L,7-8	CG	52	11.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
16	16	May 4	PIT		MLN	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
17	17	May 5 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	CG	42	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
18	18	May 5 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
19	19	May 7	PIT		CHC	L,8-10	CG	59	14.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
20	20	May 8	PIT		CHC	L,1-7	CG	42	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
21	21	May 10	PIT		PHI	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
22	22	May 11	PIT		PHI	L,2-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
23	23	May 12 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
24	24	May 12 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-1	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
25	25	May 14	PIT	@	CHC	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
26	26	May 16	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
27	27	May 18	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	35	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
28	28	May 19 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,7-8	CG	41	8.2	3	0	0	3	0	CF
29	29	May 19 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
30	30	May 24	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
31	31	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,6-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
32	32	May 26 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,13-5	GF	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH CF
33	33	May 26 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
34	34	May 28	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	CG	49	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
35	35	May 29	PIT		BRO	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
36	36	May 30 (1)	PIT		BRO	L,3-4	CG	33	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
37	37	May 30 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,2-1	GF	18	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
38	39 (1)	Jun 1	PIT		NYG	L,2-3	CG	0	9.0	5	0	0	5	0
39	40	Jun 2 (1)	PIT		NYG	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
40	41	Jun 2 (2)	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	31	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	CF
41	42	Jun 3	PIT		NYG	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
42	43	Jun 4	PIT		STL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
43	44	Jun 5	PIT		STL	L,1-5	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
44	45	Jun 6	PIT		STL	L,0-6	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
45	46	Jun 7	PIT		MLN	L,0-5	CG	43	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
46	47	Jun 9 (1)	PIT		MLN	L,1-2	CG	41	11.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
47	48	Jun 9 (2)	PIT		MLN	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	CF
48	49	Jun 10	PIT		CIN	W,5-2	CG	30	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
49	50	Jun 11	PIT		CIN	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
50	51	Jun 12	PIT		CIN	W,4-3	CG	42	10.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
51	52	Jun 13	PIT		CIN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
52	53	Jun 14	PIT		CHC	L,5-11	CG	46	9.0	2	1	0	3	0
53	54	Jun 15	PIT		CHC	L,1-5	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
54	55	Jun 16 (1)	PIT		CHC	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
55	56	Jun 16 susp	PIT		CHC	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
56	57	Jun 17	PIT	@	MLN	W,7-5	CG	41	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	CF
57	58	Jun 18	PIT	@	STL	W,8-1	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
58	59	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
59	60	Jun 19 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
60	61	Jun 20	PIT	@	STL	L,4-7	CG	37	8.0	2	0	2	4	0	CF
61	62	Jun 21	PIT	@	CIN	W,3-2	CG	46	11.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
62	63	Jun 22	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-6	CG	43	10.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
63	64	Jun 23 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
64	65	Jun 23 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
65	66	Jun 25	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0
66	67	Jun 26 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,15-5	GS	25	6.0	2	0	0	2	0
67	68	Jun 26 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	T,5-5	GS	29	6.0	1	0	0	1	0
68	71 (2)	Jun 29	PIT	@	MLN	L,6-13	CG	41	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
69	72	Jun 30 (1)	PIT	@	MLN	L,4-7	CG	38	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
70	73	Jun 30 (2)	PIT	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	48	12.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
71	74	Jul 1	PIT		PHI	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
72	75	Jul 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
73	76	Jul 4 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-8	CG	36	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
74	77	Jul 5	PIT	@	NYG	L,6-11	CG	41	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	CF
75	78	Jul 6	PIT	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	49	13.0	7	0	0	7	0
76	79	Jul 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,10-6	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
77	80	Jul 7 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0
78	81	Jul 10	PIT		MLN	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
79	82	Jul 11	PIT		MLN	L,2-7	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
80	83	Jul 12	PIT		MLN	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
81	84	Jul 13	PIT		MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
82	85	Jul 14 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,6-9	CG	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
83	86	Jul 14 (2)	PIT		CIN	L,4-12	CG	51	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
84	87	Jul 16	PIT		CHC	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
85	88	Jul 17	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0
86	89	Jul 18	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
87	90	Jul 19	PIT		STL	W,7-0	CG	37	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
88	91	Jul 20	PIT		STL	L,4-9	CG	45	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
89	92	Jul 21 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-7	GS	28	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
90	93	Jul 21 susp	PIT		STL	L,2-11	CG	54	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
91	94	Jul 23	PIT	@	CIN	W,6-3	CG	56	15.0	6	0	0	6	0	CF
92	95	Jul 24	PIT	@	CIN	L,0-2	GS	24	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
93	96	Jul 25	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-9	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
94	97	Jul 26	PIT	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	38	9.1	3	0	0	3	0	CF
95	98	Jul 27	PIT	@	STL	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
96	99	Jul 28 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
97	100	Jul 28 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,8-9	CG	51	10.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
98	101	Jul 29	PIT	@	STL	L,0-4	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
99	102	Jul 30	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-5	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
100	103	Jul 31	PIT	@	MLN	L,2-4	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
101	107 (3)	Aug 6	PIT		PHI	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
102	108	Aug 8	PIT		PHI	L,3-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
103	109	Aug 9	PIT		BRO	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	0	1	3	0	CF
104	110	Aug 10	PIT		BRO	L,0-3	CG	36	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
105	111	Aug 11 (1)	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	CG	41	10.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
106	112	Aug 11 (2)	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	1	6	0	CF
107	113	Aug 13	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-0	CG	28	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
108	114	Aug 14	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
109	115	Aug 16	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
110	116	Aug 17	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
111	117	Aug 18 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG	26	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
112	118	Aug 18 (2)	PIT	@	BRO	W,8-6	CG	45	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
113	119	Aug 20	PIT		MLN	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
114	120	Aug 22	PIT		CIN	W,8-3	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
115	121	Aug 23	PIT		CIN	L,0-6	CG	43	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	CF
116	122	Aug 24	PIT		CIN	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	CF
117	123	Aug 25 (1)	PIT		CHC	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
118	124	Aug 25 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,2-8	CG	46	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
119	125	Aug 27	PIT		STL	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
120	126	Aug 28	PIT		STL	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
121	127	Aug 30	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
122	128	Aug 31	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-7	CG	38	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
123	129	Sep 1 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	L,3-11	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
124	130	Sep 1 (2)	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	CF
125	131	Sep 2 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	CF
126	132	Sep 2 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG	40	8.0	2	0	0	2	0
127	133	Sep 3	PIT	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	49	11.2	4	1	0	5	0	CF
128	134	Sep 4	PIT		NYG	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
129	135	Sep 5	PIT		NYG	W,4-2	CG	43	9.0	2	0	0	2	0
130	136	Sep 6	PIT		PHI	W,3-2	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
131	137	Sep 7	PIT		PHI	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
132	138	Sep 8 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,4-7	CG	41	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	CF
133	139	Sep 8 (2)	PIT		PHI	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
134	140	Sep 10	PIT	@	MLN	L,3-4	CG	34	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
135	141	Sep 11	PIT	@	MLN	W,2-1	GS	29	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
136	142	Sep 13 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
137	143	Sep 13 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	CF
138	144	Sep 14 (1)	PIT	@	CHC	W,3-1	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
139	145	Sep 14 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,3-7	CG	35	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	CF
140	146	Sep 15 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,6-9	CG	36	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	CF
141	147	Sep 15 (2)	PIT	@	STL	L,3-11	CG	45	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	CF
							141gm		1242.0	398	11	7	416	1